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Temple Shalom is an egalitarian, multigenerational congregation that welcomes diversity, spirituality and community.
We value Jewish living and the communal principles of Tzedakah and Tikun Olam
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| We are located in Milton. While in the process of finding and building a new permanent home,
we are temporarily holding Shabbat and holiday services at the Great Hall located in the
First Congregational Church, 495 Canton Ave, Milton, next to Town Hall. Entrance to the Great Hall
is from the back of the building, through the Centre School entrance.
Contact us for additional information.
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Rabbi Alfred Benjamin
rabbib@templeshalomonline.org
Rabbi Benjamin's Office Hours*
Monday: Rabbi's Day off
Tuesday: 2:00 - 6:30
Wednesday: 9:30 - 11:00 & 2:00 - 5:00
Thursday: 2:00 - 7:00
Friday: 10:00 - 12:00
* - To arrange a meeting outside of Office Hours please call the office at 617-698-3394 or
email Rabbi Benjamin at Rabbib@rcn.com
Education Director, Nancy Mollitor
Milton.DirEd@verizon.net
President - Ronit Voigt
Secretary - Larry Rose
Treasurer - Alan Rosenstein
VP Religion - Pam Shrago
VP Education - Karen Friedman-Hanna
VP Administration and Finance - Paul Cooperstein
VP Membership & Community Outreach -
Marilyn Monderer
ADMINISTRATORS:
office@templeshalomonline.org
Arlene Klotz
Harriet Pollard
Office Hours
Monday: 9:00 - 2:00
Tues & Wednesday 9:00 - 3:00
Thurs: 9:00 - 4:00
Friday 9:00 - 1:00
WEBMASTER
Click here to contact the webmaster.
For more information on our leaders click here.
Please see the calendar page for our most recent calendars.
A complete archive of our bulletins will be available in the future.
The Tena and Benjamin Finkelstein Memorial Library offers a collection of more than
2,500 books with Jewish content, including wonderful choices for all age groups.
The strength of the Library is very much due to Janet Quint, who functioned as the
Temple’s librarian for many years. All Temple members are entitled to library borrowing
privileges.Click
here for borrowing procedures and more info.
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MISSION
Temple Shalom serves as a House of Prayer (Bet Tefilah), a House of Assembly (Bet Knesset),
and a House of Study (Bet Midrash) in which the spectrum of Conservative Jewish expression is
cultivated, protected and nurtured.
VALUES
Tzedakah, translated as "doing the right thing," refers to every aspect of our lives and actions.
Tikun Olam is translated as "mending the world" and reminds us that meeting the needs of the world
is God’s work, endowing our lives with holiness.
We therefore strive to:
1) Educate adults and children in Judaism’s rich heritage and contemporary significance,
sharing Jewish rituals and values from generation to generation.
2) Provide a warm spiritual environment for the observance of Jewish tradition and the
celebration of all our members’ life cycle events.
3) Embrace K’lal Yisrael (Unity of the Jewish Community) by strengthening our link to
worldwide Jewry and the State of Israel.
4) Comfort and care for others with compassionate humility through the fulfillment of Mitzvot
(Commandments) and Gemilut Chasadim (Deeds of Lovingkindness).
5) Articulate and respond to the call for social justice and compassion by exercising concern
for the benefit of the local and world community
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Temple Shalom of Milton was founded in 1944 as Jewish Bostonians expanded beyond their existing
population centers in Mattapan and Roxbury (read Hillel Levine's book to learn about the history of Jews in Boston).
As the Jewish population of greater Boston has continued to shift over time,
Temple Shalom has today become the focus of Jewish community for not just Milton, but a
new generation of Jews living in Dorchester, Hyde Park, and Roslindale. Our members also
come from other nearby communities such as Quincy and Canton.
The Temple has a goal to build a smaller spiritual home that will be more efficient to
operate and to have an endowment fund for assisting with our finances.
We have put forth a zoning change proposal to the Town of Milton that, if approved, will enable us
to commence this important project and have a more secure future. We will keep the
Temple community apprised of our progress.
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Services Schedule
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